> Maybe a cron daemon with a syntax which lets you specify that when the load
> avg is over X (say, 0.95) re-check the load average every Y minutes up to a
> maximum of Z minutes (at which time the job is either run or thrown away).
Therein lies madness. Somebody is running a screensaver, and that other
guy accidentally started two rc5 crackers. Tough luck, no backups this
week.
> Of course making CD burning and console games run with a priority and
> performance unaffected by other jobs which might come up while they are
> running is a much more ideal situation.
Yep.
~kzm
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